December 22, 2006
September 18, 2006
Talk like a pirate day
Well it's that time again, tomorrow is international "Talk Like A Pirate Day"! I remember blogging this last year, but it may have been on my Blogger blog. Being a fan of Pirates, yes they do exist, I feel that it's my duty to pass this on to the unknowing, and few, readers that I have. You can check out the original site here. Since I am away from home, working in London this month, I'm going to save my pirate talk for when I get back home.
Here's a nice pirate game an old roomie of mine once taught me while I was living in Chico, CA. It's called mumbly-peg. For those of you who haven't heard of mumbly-peg before, it's great. Here's what's required: Beer, two people , and a knife (or screwdriver for beginners). You start out standing arms' length apart facing your opponent with your feet together. Flip a coin to see who throws first. The first person has one throw to stick the knife in the ground no further than one foot away from the others foot. If it sticks the second person has to step out to where the knife is and it's their turn. This continues until one of the two players has their legs stretched out so far that they can no longer stand up. The winner is declared the better pirate and the loser is required to fetch said winner another beer. You need to have a beer because... well why the fuck not, right? You are pirates after all. The point of the game is to have fun not to injure your opponent. Please play at your own risk and have fun!
While writing this post I wondered if Wikipedia had a post on the game. They do but... they have it wrong down to the name. You can check out their entry here but I would suggest playing my version where the objective is to aim as far away from the other person's foot (within a foot) rather than as close to your own foot as possible.
Off to dinnaarrrrrrrr!
September 04, 2006
Flickr geo-tagging!
Flickr was amazing and now even more so. They've made it really easy to geo-tag your photos so others can see where they were taken.
Check it out, for sure!
What fun. Back to geo-tagging more photos...
July 20, 2006
July 09, 2006
Chainsaw...
Nat, my new housemate, cut his leg open with a chainsaw. Pretty clean rip... considering.
September 12, 2005
BTC Iron Chef '05
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June 10, 2005
Gene Wilder
Gene Wilder was signing books at Waterstone's in Oxford today. I didn't have the time to stand in the queue for a book signing but I did manage to capture this great shot of Gene. Now that's magazine quality photography, don't you think?
June 06, 2005
Congratulations Steven!
On 2 June Steven Busby (General Bindery)
completes the milestone of twenty-five years’
service at the Bodleian. Steven was one of the
last apprentices to serve under the watchful
eye of Ron Harvey. He attended the Reading
College of Art and gained an Advanced Certificate
in bookbinding (City & Guilds). Over the
past years Steven has carried out many tasks
while working in the various workshops within
the Conservation Department. He has gone
from working on Bodleian treasures to maintaining
and painting machinery while the General
Bindery was refurbished during 1989–90.
On a personal note, I would like to thank him
for all his hard work and support and I am sure
you will join us in congratulating him on his
twenty-five years at Bodley and in looking forward
to many more years to come.
Andrew Dawson, General Bindery ~ Outline
Steven "Buzz" Busby is a fellow Mac-head at the Bodleian Library in Oxford, UK. Now that he's got 25 years of binding under his belt I'm sure that he'll be working on 25 years of Macintosh übergeek status next.
Congratulations Steven! The "force" is strong with you.
May 30, 2005
Paris Hilton Thinks Different
While trolling the web to have a look see at the new Carl's Jr. ad featuring Paris Hilton I came across this fantastic rendition.
Link [Quicktime, 4 MB]
As seen on Blogumentary
May 24, 2005
iChat 3-way
Not too bad for a first go. The images were a little blurry as you can see, but overall pretty impressive.
